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Paylocity MCP connector

The Paylocity connector brings employees, jobs, earnings, deductions, cost centers and documents into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can look up and update payroll and HR records within their own Paylocity access.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

List everyone in the Chicago work location with their positions

Working in Paylocity with Elaichi

  • List all Paylocity company info
  • Get single Paylocity company info by ID
  • List all Paylocity employees
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Paylocity List all Paylocity employees Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Paylocity Get single Paylocity company info by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Paylocity List all Paylocity company info Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Paylocity Get single Paylocity employee by ID Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Paylocity List all Paylocity custom fields Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Paylocity to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Paylocity MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Paylocity MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Paylocity MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Paylocity MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Paylocity MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Paylocity to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Paylocity through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Paylocity is logged.

  • HR

    Brief yourself on an employee before a meeting

    Ask for an employee's position, work location, cost center and pay frequency in Paylocity and have it in front of you before the conversation starts.

  • Payroll

    Add a bonus to an employee's earnings

    Create or update an employee earning in Paylocity from a plain request, then read it back to confirm it before the pay run closes.

  • Finance

    Reconcile headcount by cost center

    List employees, cost centers and positions in Paylocity and get a headcount breakdown ready for the monthly close, without exporting a spreadsheet.

  • Recruiting

    Open the job as soon as it's approved

    Create the job in Paylocity, update its details as the role changes, and remove it once the hire is made.

  • Operations

    Check work locations and positions across sites

    See every Paylocity work location and the positions tied to each, so office moves and reorganizations start from current records.

  • Leadership

    Answer a compensation question without a spreadsheet

    Ask which earnings, deductions and taxes are configured in Paylocity and get a plain answer instead of waiting on an export.

Try asking

  • “List everyone in the Chicago work location with their positions”
  • “Add a $500 bonus earning for Maria Chen this pay period”
  • “Which jobs are still open in the Engineering cost center?”

See all 51 Paylocity tools →

What connecting Paylocity gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Paylocity account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List everyone in the Chicago work location with their positions

Add a $500 bonus earning for Maria Chen this pay period

Which jobs are still open in the Engineering cost center?

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about employees and earnings in plain language.

Answers come from live Paylocity employee, job and cost center records, not a stale export.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

One endpoint puts Paylocity in every client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Paylocity company info List Get the Paylocity company record for the connected company (companyId, companyName, dba, ein, status, entityType, industryType, address, relationships). Returns one record; not paginated. The credential needs the Company Level Information API.
Get single Paylocity company info by ID Get Get the company information (legal name, DBA, EIN, address, status) for one Paylocity Company ID.
List all Paylocity employees List List employees (Employee Demographic API v1). Each page comes back as one record: totalCount plus an employees array of up to 20 employees (id, displayName, status, statusType, info, position, currentPayRate, futurePayRates). Truto sends the include default and follows Paylocity's nextToken cursor. Paylocity does not document where nextToken is returned, so paging past 20 is unverified.
Get single Paylocity employee by ID Get Get one employee by Paylocity employee ID (Employee Demographic API v1): id, displayName, status, currentStatus, info, position, currentPayRate, futurePayRates. Paylocity marks include as required, so Truto sends info,position,status,payrate,futurePayrates unless you pass include.
List all Paylocity custom fields List List custom field definitions for a category (category, label, type, isRequired, defaultValue, values). This is a WebLink API path called on the NextGen gateway with the NextGen token: it needs WebLink access and is unverified in production. Required: category (Paylocity documents only PayrollAndHR). Not paginated. Paylocity says not to use it for companies on Unlimited Custom Fields.

Tool catalog

51 Paylocity tools, no code to write.

Employees, jobs, earnings, deductions, taxes, cost centers and documents, listed with every method.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

HR toolbox

Paylocity · employees and documents

Paylocity starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Payroll toolbox

Paylocity · earnings and deductions

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Finance toolbox

Paylocity · cost centers and taxes

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Recruiting toolbox

Paylocity · jobs and positions

Paylocity starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Paylocity · work locations and pay frequencies

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Leadership toolbox

Paylocity · headcount and company info

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Paylocity toolbox.

Payroll sees earnings and deductions, Recruiting sees jobs, each scoped to what they need.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
PA

Paylocity (HR)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
PA

Paylocity (Payroll)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
PA

Paylocity (Finance)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
PA

Paylocity (Recruiting)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
PA

Paylocity (Operations)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
PA

Paylocity (People Ops)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share a Paylocity connection, never the key.

One person connects, teammates work through it, and nobody else ever sees a credential.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Paylocity Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Paylocity Employees Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Paylocity Employees List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Paylocity call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended for every employee and earning touched.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Workflows, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Paylocity digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch employees

    Paylocity

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Paylocity

    Queued

Workflows

A schedule starts the payroll digest itself.

New Paylocity earnings are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back.

Paylocity health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the employees collection

Live

Employees

1,284 ↓ 12%

Jobs

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Employees created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

HR 34%

Payroll 27%

Finance 21%

Recruiting 18%

Collections and dashboards

Paylocity health, counted with no model involved.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on a schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Paylocity

All three can connect Paylocity to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Paylocity, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Paylocity tools Allow or restrict single Paylocity tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Paylocity call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Paylocity tools for your AI agents

51 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Paylocity, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Paylocity to Claude?

Connect Paylocity in Elaichi first: you paste in your Paylocity API key and the connection is ready, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Paylocity employees, jobs and earnings are available in the conversation.

Does Paylocity work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. The same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Paylocity once in Elaichi and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Paylocity data?

It can look up employees, positions, work locations, cost centers, pay frequencies, deductions, taxes and company or employee documents in Paylocity, and answer questions about them in plain language. It can also create, update and delete jobs and employee earnings, such as adding a bonus or opening a new role. Short, concrete asks like "list employees in the Denver location" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Paylocity give the AI access to every employee record?

No. Every call runs as the person who signed in, so the AI only sees the Paylocity employees, earnings and documents that person can already reach. Elaichi can narrow that access further with roles and restrictions, and it can never widen it beyond what Paylocity itself allows.

Can my team share one Paylocity connection?

Yes. One person connects Paylocity with the API key and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the credential. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every employee lookup or earning change.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Paylocity?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading Paylocity employees and earnings while restricting creating, updating or deleting jobs and earnings. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Paylocity connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Paylocity through every client at once. A shared Paylocity connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting Paylocity once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent together.

Does the Paylocity MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Paylocity is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Paylocity?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Paylocity. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Paylocity call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Paylocity?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Paylocity: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Paylocity in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot